# Lees Priory

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**Lees Priory** is a former [Augustinian](/source/Augustinians) [priory](/source/Priory) located in [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom).

## History

Lees Priory was located near to [Chatsworth House](/source/Chatsworth_House), in an area of the estate known as Carlton Lees: between the villages of [Edensor](/source/Edensor) and [Beeley](/source/Beeley).[1]

The priory was occupied by [Augustinian](/source/Augustinians) [Canons Regular](/source/Canons_Regular), and was dependent upon [Rocester Abbey](/source/Rocester_Abbey) in [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire).[1] The priory is thought to have been founded before 1160, and dissolved between 1517 and 1540, but its exact status is unclear. It is known to have been dependent upon [Rocester Abbey](/source/Rocester_Abbey), and is often referred to as a cell to Rocester. However, in 1517, there is reference to the "Prior of Lees", indicating, at least by that point, the establishment was a formal priory;[1] meaning the establishment had far greater Independence and a larger monastic population than a cell, which is directly dependent upon its mother church.

The priory did not escape [King Henry VIII](/source/Henry_VIII_of_England)'s [Dissolution of the Monasteries](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries). It was most probably dissolved in 1538, at the same time as [Rocester Abbey](/source/Rocester_Abbey).[2]

## See also

- [Rocester Abbey](/source/Rocester_Abbey)

## References

1. English Heritage. ["LEES PRIORY OR LEYES PRIORY"](http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1314748). *Pastscape*. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

1. English Heritage. ["ROCESTER ABBEY"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003415/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=307305). *Pastscape*. Archived from [the original](http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=307305) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

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